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Kevin and Danny’s Seahorse Triathlon Race Reports

I raced the Olympic distance at Seahorse this year, the water was the warmest I have ever swam in at this event. Normally Seahorse is a cold swim, but this year the water was close to 70 degrees. The run was also warmer than usual, 3-D did a great job and provided cold wet towels on the run course.

Last year I raced this event and had a hard time on the run, so this year I was looking forward to improving my time with added run training. In 2017 I finished in 5th place in my age group with a time of 2:50:21, this year I was 4th in my age group with a time of 2:50:22. Continue reading “Kevin and Danny’s Seahorse Triathlon Race Reports”

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Double Duty Race Weekend – Katie’s Borges Run and Fort Custer Stampede

Katie BridgesI raced on Sunday, May 6 by starting my day at the Borgess 10K in Kalamazoo. It was a beautiful morning, and the race had an exciting vibe. Borgess features a Marathon, Half, a 10K and 5K. At this event the last mile was dedicated to veterans, and I was honored with a red, white and blue bib number for my race!

I rested a few hours and headed to Fort Custer for the Sport Category of the Stampede. The race featured many of my favorite parts of the mountain bike trails. It was fun to mix it up and cruise for two laps of the course. By the end of lap 2, I was pretty tired! It had been a long day of racing but so much fun to cross the finish line twice!

Katie

Katie Birdges

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2018 Willow TT Report – Windy and Chilly Time Trial

Danny Wolin 2018 Willow TTI have been racing the Willow Time Trial for about 10 years.  Usually windy and sometimes chilly- it is also a course that creates a mental game due to the 6 lap repeat.  It is always a good gauge of where my fitness is in April.  This year I came in a little under where I would prefer but felt pretty good.  But it was also 39 degrees and windy. Mentally not favorable and physically challenging.

I had a good warm-up but could not keep the legs turning over as I would have hoped. About a minute 20 off my usual time range for 6th place.  Not happy :).

I’ll be racing this weekend in a duathlon with teammate Kevin Bridges where the weather again looks iffy, however, I am now ready to bury myself no matter what.

~Danny

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2018 Melting Man Dirt Road Race Report Recap

Wow, that’s a lot of “Rs” in that post title, eh? WSI Cycling was represented (yeah, another R) at the 2018 Melting Man as we are all anxiously awaiting the warm weather that hopefully is just around the corner. Kudos to Dan and Matt for their hard work! Enjoy the reports…

Dan Frayer

I spent the week leading up to race #2 of the Michigan Gravel Race Series moving my family from Galesburg to Kalamazoo. Many late nights and several hours of manual labor on Saturday kept Sunday’s result in question.

With limited prep time (Had not touched, let alone maintained by gravel bike since Waterloo) I had no front brake, a dirty drivetrain and a few un-identified gritty sounds coming from the metal warship. This did not add to my race-day confidence.

Instead of bailing on the race, I made the decision to eat an entire pizza the night before, drink an extra espresso shot on race day and see what would happen.

Raging speed happened.

I fell off the lead group quickly and settled with a small group of stragglers. A guy with a drop bar fat bike, a 62-year-old beast and a couple guys in my age group. We lost the fat biker in the last pavement miles but stayed close to the finish line.

28/203 total racers.
9/29 in my age group.

Matt Wright Melting Man 2018Matt Wright

Vandalia, MI was 30 degrees and windy on March 25th for this race. I competed in the 24-mile event, they also offer a 35-mile route. The roads were in perfect condition for riding; hard packed and smooth. I was able to hang on to the lead pack from the start for the first 3 miles, then got dropped on one of the hills.

I averaged 14.79 MPH and finished in 1:37:22. This is always a fun and well-organized event. They had sub sandwiches and beer at the after party, a welcome treat after a great ride.

Matt Wright Melting Man 2018